We couldn't manage Santa Lucia buns on the day itself, so we celebrated a week later on a day when Sam and the boys would be around. Because I was nursing Clementine off and on, I left more of the baking work to the girls than ever before, and they performed admirably! I got up and made the dough and left it to rise, but they did basically everything else—the shaping and baking, the egg wash and pearl sugar, the cocoa-making, and of course the delivering of the lussekatter to Sam and their brothers!
They tried having her wear the doll crown. It almost fit! :)
Daisy claimed the privilege of the "real" crown, as eldest daughter!
(But honestly, I would prefer one of these little cloth crowns, myself!)
The little boys appeared several times, and had to be shooed back upstairs. (This was just a couple days after Gus's fall on the ice, but his face already looked so much better!)
Clementine's legs were the color (and size) of candy canes. Sweetest!
Here's Clementine giving the other dolls the side-eye.
Maybe she's wondering where their candy-cane tights are?
I love these three little Lucias so much!
(Plus the fourth one, of course!)
Marigold is so competent with the hot pans—even this big one!
And Junie and Daisy pearl-sugared the buns perfectly.
Hi again, Gus (he couldn't be kept away)
Waiting by the oven
Ready to serve!
Daisy gets to bring rolls to Sam (eldest daughter privileges again)
But luckily we have enough boys in the family that everyone has someone to serve! Junie brought rolls to the downstairs boys (Abe, Seb, and Malachi).
I love the winter light in our kitchen!
Junie even served Gus his rolls, with great ceremony.
He seemed to like eating them!
And I am sorry to say they were not the only things eaten that day. Poor little Clemmie!
Other Santa Lucia days here.
This is such a fun tradition, and while usually it's difficult to hold back from coming out and help you and the girls, this year I slept in right until the cocoa/rolls were brought to me. It was a nice thing to wake up to!
ReplyDeleteBest of all, this tradition always produces such great pictures. Or rather, you take great advantage of this event to produce great pictures.